Re: [PLUG] Verizon DSL

[Chris Hedemark <chrish@trilug.org>]

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On Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 09:38 AM, Edward M. Corrado wrote:

> Using OpenBSD for something always intrigued me, so I might look into
> going this way. Is there a floppy version of OpenBSD, or do I need to 
> do
> an install that requires a hard drive?

You can make OpenBSD really small, but a floppy is probably out of the 
question right now unless you go through a lot of pain to rip out the 
unnecessary bits like sendmail, apache & bind (it's not packaged 
modularly).

CD-ROM is a possibility, however.

> A quick google search did return an
> OpenBSD router project, but it looks like at this point it is only an
> idea, or at least in only early development stages, and nothing is
> there. Not that digging up an old hard drive would be that much of an
> issue but.....

I've set up OpenBSD firewalls pretty easily on 200MB drives.

> Anyway, do you have any recommendations for some good reading on how to
> set this up using OpenBSD 3.3?

http://openbsd.org/faq

The documentation for OpenBSD is wonderful.  Just make sure to do your 
reading before asking anyone over there any questions;  if you've done 
your homework and still need help they are very helpful but if you make 
someone else do your homework they can be pretty harsh about telling 
you to RTFM.

I think if you play with pf (the OpenBSD firewall) and compare it to 
Linux's iptables, you'll quickly fall in love.
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